The noun after "one of" is always plural. friend s in this case. I can't think of an exception. CJ

English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

1 Form the plural. 2 Add an apostrophe. 3 If the ending is now s', stop. 4 Otherwise add s. boy 1 boys 2 boys' 3 STOP Answer: boys' person 1 people 2 people' 3 No s'. 4 people's Answer: people's child 1 children 2

Dear friend, else's - Charles' - - even though there is not -'s in writing, it is generally pronounced. boys' - - the suffix is neither written nor pronounced with regular plurals (unlike irregular ones, cf children's - )

Dear friend, both a correct, but the first option is generally more common among British English speakers. The choice of the pronoun largely depends on your intention: if you wish to speak of a class as a number of individuals, you should resort

Dear friend, the only possible combination is you were , regardless of either singular or plural reference. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

hi , the following contents are copied from another forum (very interesting) they suggest that vacancy should be treated as a collective noun the logic for sentence 1 and 2 is correct the logic for sentence 3 is wrong part1 Vacancy should be

Prescriptively speaking, "is" would be safer to use for formal English. However, when "neither" is followed by "of + plural noun", using a plural verb is extremely common -- particularly in everyday informal English.

Because 'a lot of' means 'many', and the subject is plural 'friends'. Mister Micawber to the rescue! Thanks.

Because 'a lot of' means 'many', and the subject is plural 'friends'.